By John M. Glionna, reporting from daegu, south korea and Barbara Demick
June 8, 2009
Reporting from Daegu, South Korea Barbara Demick, and Beijing -- Two American television journalists today were convicted of a "grave crime" against North Korea and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor, a move that increased mounting tensions between the U.S. and the reclusive Asian state.
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for San Francisco-based Current TV, were sentenced by the top Central Court in Pyongyang in a two-day trial that started Friday as U.S. officials demanded the release of the two women.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency reported that the court "sentenced each of them to 12 years of reform through labor" but gave no further details.
Because the pair were tried by the nation's highest court, there can be no appeal.
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